AZWildcat

No idea, but bless your heart for asking. I wish my wife would ask someone for gift ideas!

Great bull!

Great Bull!!

Heck of a way to start out!

Great bull!!

Looks good to me.

I thought I would pass on some pictures of my first coues hunts. The first trip was a solo hunt that was a practice in frustration. I had a buck that I bumped a few times, but he always seemed to have an answer. The short story is that, I was over matched and went home empty handed. As a funny side note, this buck was the first coues I have ever seen alive and our initial encounter for a split second I thought I was looking at a coyote.......but the coyote had horns!! My line of sight had not adjusted from hunting mule deer. This is a picture of my first "camp" My second trip I went out with Kent (KRP). This trip was a backcountry hike that was a test for my body. We hiked approx 2 miles in the afternoon to avoid the worst heat of the day and made camp in a canyon had a good view of the surrounding area. After camp, we started to hike out and Kent went to scan a relatively close ridge and he spotted a coues doe within seconds. I actually thought he was pulling my leg it was that fast. Not seeing any horns we opted to hike to a further canyon and glass a bit. We scanned and glassed for the remainder of the day and thought it would be better to make our way back to camp..........on the way back Kent almost stepped on a pissed off rattlesnake. If he would have been bitten, he surly would have been a goner, because of the remote terrain and the lack of cell service. He was not even phased and we shortly made it back to camp for supper. Little to we know we would have a dinner guest......or two He is a Jerusalem Cricket and I guess they have a painful bite........we did not know much about him at the time. The next morning Kent picked out another deer on the same ridge and we opted to make a long loop to see if we could pick anything else out, but working our way to the area of the deer. This is my first coues shed that I picked up off a ridge..........You cannot tell from the pictures we had a swarm of bugs that followed us around the whole trip, which is why I do not have a smile. After we worked the area we did not run into any bucks, but I had the time of my life in this truly special area.......The hike out was hot and slow for me, but I made it out with some great memories. I would like to point out for those that do not know Kent outside of this forum......not only is he part rattlesnake, I think he is also part mountain goat. Even though he is 15 years my senior he kicked my butt on the trail and is a mountain man throwback. He taught me more in the time we spent together than I have learned in the last four years hunting and he is a great resource for the website. Thanks Kent!! Tony

Man he would be nice on the wall!!

nice speed goats!

Great story!! Quick thinking and better than good luck. WOW.

Great story congrats!!

Great job!!! Thanks for sharing your story.

Great day!

Congrats!!

Please keep in mind I am an archery hunter. What is the quickest and most effective way to bore sight a rifle. I have a rifle that what to paper before I take it to the range to cut down on wasted ammo. Thanks for any help.

Mule deer

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Great buck!

Congrats great deer!!

That is a great buck with a bow........no matter what part of the state you are in.

nice buck hopefully you meet him at first legal light.

Thank you for the response Ron.

Congrats!!!!

Great BUCK!!!

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